Albert



(No Model.)

A.0.B8A8.G. COMBINED TIGKET HOLDER AND ADVBRTISINGMEDIUM. No. 800,848.Patented Mar. 1 5, 1888.

INVENTOR w V MTORNIEY BY 29M in the claims.

llnrrnn Smarts Arnivr CrimenQ ALBERT C. ISRAGG, OF ORANGE,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO THE NEV I-IOME SEWING MACHINECOMPANY AND AMOS E. EMERY,

OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINEDTICKET-HOLDER AND ADVERTISING lVlEDlUNl.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters :Patent No. 600,848, dated March15, 1898..

Application filed October 16 1896.

To U/ w/wm/ t may concern:

Beit known that I, ALBERT C. BRAGG, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Orange, Franklin county, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented anew and useful Com* bined Ticket IIolder and AdvertisingMedium, of which the following description, taken in connection with thedrawings herewith accompanying, is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a device of simpleconstruction and attractive appearance that may be located inrailwaycars or other public conveyances upon the back of the seats or inother conspicuous and convenient positions within reach of thepassengers, having means for receiving a passengers ticket and holdingthe same in a convenient position to be taken by the conductor orfare-taker, and also having means in combination with suchticket-holding means for supporting and exposing an advertising card ormedium. This object I secure by means of the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter set forthin detail and pointed outReferring to the drawings, Figure l represents a section ofthe back of acar-seat with a device embodying my invention secured thereon. Fig. 2 isa vertical section through the same; and Figs. 3 and e represent a faceview and a vertical section, respectively, of a device embodying myinvention in a slightly different form from that shown in Figs. l and 2.

To explain in detail, a represents a section of the back of a carseat,on which, as herein illustrated, a device embodying my invention issecured. This device, as shown in Figs. l and 2, consists of two platesZ9 and h', supported in close position to each other, whereby theirinner or adjacent faces will impinge and hold a ticket when insertedbetween the same, as clearly shown in said Figs. l and 2, in which c crepresent tickets. The adjacent or ticket-impinging surfaces of theseholdingplates Z9 and Zi are preferably in a convex form, as shown inFig. 2, so that a widened mouth or space is formed between the same atthe upper and lower sides thereof, whereby a ticket may be more readilyinserted be- `that shown in Figs. l and 2.

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tween the plates from either said upper or lower sideand the ticket beimpinged at a central point between the same. Another feature of therear plate b being formed with a convex outer face or having its upperand lower edges turned backwardly is that when the device is secured toa seat or other object the edges of said plate will be forced closelyagainst or into the upholstery or other material, as shown in Fig. 2,and thus prevent possibility of the ticket being inserted behind thesaid plate or in other than its proper place between the two plates.

The front ticket-holding plate b', as herein shown, is formed with itsupper and lower edges bent slightly forward, as at b3 b3 in Fig. 2,against which and over the front of the plate b is secured a plate d,the plate b being concave on its forward side and having the projectingedges h3 b3, against which the plate d abuts, thereby forming a space orchamber between the said plates, in which an advertisingcard, asrepresented at ein Fig. l, or other desired advertising medium, may besecured and be exposed through an opening in the plate d, as clearlyshown, which opening, if so desired, may be protected by glass or othertransparent material.

The plates l?, h', and d may be secured together and in position uponthe back of a carseat, as shown, or in any other desired place by anysuitable means, the means, as herein shown, being two screws f f, whichpass through the several plates and into the seat, as in Fig. 2.

The advantages of such al device as described, both for its'convenienceto the passengers in affording a convenient means for holding theirticket and to the conductor or fare-taker in having the tickets in aconvenient place to be received or taken by him, and also the greatvalue of the same as an advertising medium in supporting and exposingcards or other advertising means in a conspicuous position before thepassengers, will be obvious. y

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4f, I have illustrated inyinvention in aslightly different form from In this instance in lieu of employing twoseparate ticket-hold- IOO Y ing plates, as before described, whereby aticket may be inserted between the same from either above or below, Ihave used a single plate h, which is folded or turned back upon itself,so as to form two oppositely-located plates corresponding to the platesb and Z2 of Figs. 1 and 2, which are united at their lower edge, andthus form a pocket or ticket-receptacle which is only open at the top,as shown in Fig. 4c. In this construction the advertising-card issupported between the forward side of the plate h and a plate d, securedthereon, asin Fig. I. The forward side or part of the plate h, as hereinshown, is preferably formed with its upper edge h turned forward andwith a forwardly-projecting rib h2 adjacent to the lower edge of theplate d, which forwardly-projecting parts form a space between which theadvertising-card is held from vertical displacement.

Having thus illustrated and described my invention as embodied in twodifferent forms, I do not wish to be understood as coniining myself tothe particular construction as shown, as it will be obvious that thesame may be more or less materially modiiied without departure from myinvention. For instance, the rear plate ZJ might be dispensed with, ifso desired, and the ticket be inserted between the plate b and the backof the seat or other object to which it is secured, or the form orarrangement of the several parts be also more or less modified withoutdeparture from my invention.

Having thus set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

I. A combined ticket-holder and advertising medium, consisting of twoplates supported adjacent to each other to receive and hold 4o a ticketbetween the same, one of said plates being provided with anoutwardly-turned edge whereby a broadened or enlarged mouth is formed tomore readily receive a ticket between the plates, and a third platesupported adjacent to one of said ticket-holding plates with a spacebetween the same to receive an advertising card or medium, and providedwith an opening therein to expose the latter, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. A combined ticket-holder and advertising medium, consisting of twoplates supported adjacent to each other to receive and hold a ticketbetween the same, one of said plates being provided with twooutwardly-extended projections, and an additional or third platesupported against said projections on the ticket-holding plate whereby aspace or chamber is formed between the same to receive an advertisingcard or medium, and provided with an opening therein to expose thelatter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A combined ticket-holder and advertising medium, consisting of twooppositely-located plates supported adjacent to each other to receiveand hold a ticket between the same and having their lower edges united,and an additional plate supported adjacent to one of said ticket-holdingplates with a space between the same to receive an advertising card ormedium, and provided with an opening therein to expose the latter,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT C. BRAGG.

Witnesses:

FRED C. EMERY, W. W. WATERS.

